Door-hanger



Patented Apr. H, I899.

. A. NEWELL. DOOR HANGER.

(Application filedJ'une 9, 1898.)

(No Model.)

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS NEWELL, OF PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DANIEL SOHUYLER, OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

DOOR-HANGER;

SPECIFICATION forming art of Letters Patent No. 623,030, dated April 11, 1899.

' Application filed June 9, 1898. Serial No. 683,0i1- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS NEWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sliding-DoorHangers, of which the following is a specification.

The particular object of my invention is to provide a light, cheap, and simple hanger for r0 doors which will be so perfect inits operation as to adapt it for use in screen-doors and also for use in single as well as doubledoors throughout a house.

A further object of my invention is to provide means whereby after the door is hung in case it is desired to remove the door it may be accomplished without injuring the woodwork.

My invention comprises the various feazo tures of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a sliding door provided with my improved hangers.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of one of my improved hangers and the door-stile. Fig. 3 is a detailof a boss and the bolt and nut whereby the hanger-arms are secured to the go door, and Fig. 4is a fragmen tal section of the wheel and hanger-arms.

In the drawings, A represents a door, and A A" represent the stiles thereof. Each stile is provided at its upper end and upon each side with boss-openings a, which are preferably prepared by boring an auger-hole'directly through the stile, so that the boss-open ingis the same size upon each side.

B B represent sheet-metal hanger-arms 40 which are each provided with bosses b 5', re-

spectively, struck up on their inner faces from the metal of the hanger-arms and each of a size suited to fit within the boss-openings in the door-stiles. The recesses 17" b,

4 5 formed by striking up the bosses, are adapted to receive the head and nut, respectively, of a bolt 0, which passes through angular perforations 2 3, provided in the bosses, and through the door and secure or clamp the hanger-arms to the door. It will be noted that the bolt does not engage with the wood of the stile, but that the door is supported entirely by the bosses fitting within the bossopenings and also by the clamping action of the remainder of the hanger-arms against the face of the stile. I

Each nut c is provided upon its inner face with an angular projection c, which is adapted to enter the square perforation in the bosses and to be thereby prevented from turning while the bolt is being tightened. The head 0" of the bolt and the body of the nut are round and almost perfectly fit within the boss-recesses, and thereby a smooth finish is provided. The hanger-arms are identicalin construction, and therefore it. is immaterial from which side the bolt is inserted, the mechanic suiting his own convenience in this regard, the round bolt passing easily through the angular perforation in the bosses. The head of the bolt is made of such a size as to almost fill the boss-opening in order to center the bolt in the angular opening, which is much larger than the stock of the bolt; also, to fully cover said opening. 7

The upper end of each hanger arm is stamped by means of a die to form a truncated cone B,so that when twoof such cones are placed together, as shown in Fig. 2, they will form an annular groove or ball-race D. 8o A rivet D, passing through the two members, secures the truncated cones together, and this forms one raceway of the ball-bearing by which the entire device is supported upon the rail E. In assembling the bearings one of the cone-shaped ends of the hanger-arm is placed in a horizontal position and the grooved wheel is placed in a position encircling, the truncated cone, after which the balls are placed in position in the groove of the wheel and resting against the truncated. cone. The other hanger-arm is then placed in position with its truncated cone resting upon the top of the other cone in the position shown .in Fig. 4, and the washers G are placed in 5 sition, and the rivet D is passed through the washers and the cones and is riveted securely in position, as shown in'Fig. 4.

F is a bearing-wheel which is provided with a groove f, which fits upon the supporting- I00 rail E. This wheel is also provided with a central opening f, which is grooved to form an annular ball race or channelf. As shown in the drawings, this wheel is formed of two like sheet-metal members, each struck out by dies and secured together bysuitable fas tenings, such as the rivets f. In order to avoid the swelling of the members by reason of the heading of the rivets, I arrange annular rings or washers G upon opposite sides of the wheel and pass the rivets therethrough in addition to passing them through the two members. Thus when the rivets are headed any swelling will take place in the portion which passes through the rings and will not disturb the shape of the members forming the wheel proper. For a like reason I arrange Washers G within the truncated cones and pass the rivet which secures the two members together through these washers in addition to passing them through the members. It will be understood that,if desired or deemed suitable, this wheel may be cast integral from metal and the groovesff turned in a lathe or made smooth and true by any other suitable means.

My improved hanger is particularly adapted for,use with my sliding-door structure, in which an upper rail is provided with which the rim or flange of the wheel engages. For this reason the annular groove which runs upon the rail must be true, and the height of the flange above the bottom of the groove must be accurately gaged, so as toavoid all binding and to also avoid objectionable play of the wheel between the upper and lower tracks.

I have found in p'racticethat where a door is supported by hangers which are secured either wholly or in part to the top rail of the door it is impossible to maintain the door in its proper position, owing to the shrinking and swelling of the rail. With my improved hanger I secure the hanger-arms wholly to the stiles of the door, and by this means I avoid any displacement of the adjustment of the door, sincethe endwise shrinkage of the stiles of the door is so slight as to be immaterial: I also thus avoid strain upon the tenons by which the rail is secured to the stiles, and the door is suspended in such a manner that it may be made of light material, and yet there will be no liability whatever of its becoming racked or sagged.

It will be observed that by my improved manner of fastening the hangers to the door by means of bosses fitting into boss-openings in the stiles I avoid all possibility of the hangers working loose. This result cannot be obtained where screws are driven into the top edge of the door, since continued usage will invariably work the screws loose; also, by making the hanger-arms of thin sheet metal and by providing the bosses struck'from the metal, whereby I form recesses within which to seat the heads and nuts of the bolts which clamp the hanger-arms to the door, I avoid all unnecessary thickening at the top of the door and am enabled to produce a hanger which were it exposed would not be unsightly, but which, owing tothe slight distance which it projects from the face of the door, can be hidden by the molding which forms the top casing of the door; also, with this construction of hanger by making one member of the top molding of the door-casing--such as M, for instance-removable, as shown in my application for patent upon sliding-door structure, the bolts may be easily reached and removed, the hanger-arms sprung outward to remove the bosses from the boss-openings, the hangers run back behind the door out of the way, and the door readily removed from its position within the frame. I am thus enabled to accomplish the removal of the door without necessity of drawing nails or in any way injuring the woodwork. Furthermore, by making the hanger-arms of thin sheet metal they may be sprung to fit doors of different thickness,the one intended for a door one and one-half inches thick being adapted for a door one and a quarter inches thick or a door one and three-quarters inches thick. The same rule applies to large-sized hangers.

In applying my hangers to the door. the boss-openings are formed at the factory by tools gagedto produce the holes at a suitable distance from the top edge of the door, the right distance apart, and at exact right angles with the face of the door, so that perfection of adjustment is accomplished without care or skill uponthe part of the man assembling the various portions.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is"- 1. In a door-hanger, the combination set forth of a centrally-arranged supporting-rail a door arranged beneath the rail; boss-openings provided in the door upon opposite sides thereof; a rolling bearing arranged to travel upon the rail; two hanger-arms, one arranged upon each side of the door and each provided With bosses to fit within the boss-openings in the door; means for securing the hanger-arms to the door; and means for securing the upper ends of the hanger-arms upon opposite sides of the rolling bearing.

2. In a door-hanger, the combination set forth of a centrally-arranged supporting-rail; a door arranged beneath the rail and provided with boss-openings upon opposite sides thereof; sheet-metal hanger-arms, each hav ing bosses struck from the metal thereof and arranged to fit within the boss-openings in the door; bolts passing through the bosses and the door and having the head and the nut chambered within the boss-recesses; rollin g bearings arranged to travel upon the rail; and means for securing the upper ends of the hanger-arms upon opposite sides of the rolling bearing.

3. In a hanger, the combination set forth of a door provided with boss-openings; a supporting-rail; a supporting wheel provided with a con trally-grooved opening; sheet-metal hanger-arms, each provided at the bottom with bosses struck up from inner face of the hanger-arms and each provided at its top with a truncated cone struck from the metal of the hanger-arms; faste'nings securing the hanger-arms to the door; a rivet securing the truncated cones together to form an annular groove or ball-race; and balls arranged in the groove thus formed and the groove in the Wheel.

4:- In a hanger, the combination set forth of a supporting-rail; a Wheel to run upon the rail and provided With a centrally-arranged grooved opening; sheetmetal hanger-arms each having its lower end adapted to fit upon the outside of a door and each provided at its top With a truncated cone struck from the metal of the hanger-arms; such hanger-arms secured upon opposite sides of the door and having the tops of the truncated cones arranged together to form an annular groove or ball-race arranged inside of the grooved opening in the Wheel; and balls arranged in such groove and in the grooved openin gin the Wheel. V

5. The combination With a door having its stile provided with bossopenings; sheetmetal hanger-arms, one arranged upon each side of the door and each provided with bosses to it Within said openings and having recesses and perforations; bolts passing through the bosses and throughthe door and'having their heads chambered in'the boss-recesses of one of said arms, and securing-nuts chambered in the boss-recesses of the opposite arm; of an overhead track; a bearing roller adapted to travel thereon, and means for connecting the hanger-arms to the roller, substantially as set forth.

AUGUSTUS --NEWELL.

Witnesses:

ALFRED I. TOWVNSEND, JAMES R. TOWNSEND. 

